Bottle carrier



June '20, l 950 M. E. HARRIS BOTTLE CARRIER Filed 001:. 23, 1946 ATTRNEY Patented June 20 1950 m TED .socerta CARRIER" 'Mdrwn- E. HarrIs;Eli icago, II-L Applicationflctoberizii, lfidserialfhlo."711E659 1invention relat'es to improvements inbot- .ttle carriers and is moreparticularly concerned withdevices -of a kind useful forcarrying'bottledvgoods; such as, for example, carbonated beverages. ;Anobject of the invention is to provide abottlecarrier which is adapted toreceive a plutrality-of bottles suspended'at their neck portions in-such a way as to avoid their being bumped ,-together while beingcarried. I

ilnother object is to provide a bottle carrier of: the kind from whichbottles are suspended at --their-neck portions, withmeans to preventaccikiental displacement of a bottle while suspended. Jmother object'isto provide an inexpensive bottle carrier .of a kind that is durably'con- -s tructed, light .in weight andhighly satisfactory Jinuse; andone which isadapted to receive adveritisingmaterial. v

Other 'and further objects of'the prs'entinvention :will be apparentfrom the following description and claims and are illustrated in theaccompanying drawing. Other embodiments of the invention embodying thesame principle may be us'eiiand structural changes may be made asdesired by those skilled in the'art without departing from the presentinvention-and a purview of the appended claims.

I In the-drawing: I

Fig. In a plan view of the bottle carrier showing the carrying handlebroken away.

- Fig.'-2 is a central vertical sectional view-taken on line 2'2 of Fig.l, showingfin dotted lines, bottles suspended therefrom.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, the bottle carrier, embodying the features ofthe present invention, is fashioned from sheet stock substantiallycircular in shape and includes a vertical surrounding wall portion IIand a frustro-conical bottom wall I2. The bottom Wall [2 is dished inthe manner illustrated so as to dispose its central area l3 below theplane of its margin with the surrounding circular bottom wall portioninclined downwardly inwardly radially. The central area I3 preferably isformed with an up- .standing boss I4 and the circular inclined area .ofsaid bottom wall has a plurality of circumferentially spaced key-holeshaped slots l5 surrounding the central area l3. Each of the key- .holeshaped slots I5 is fashioned with its narrower slot portion [5aextending toward the central area [3 and its wider slot portions l5bdisposed outwardly radially relative thereto.

rra-a hslot rs "isadapte'd toreceivetheneck 6f abdt'tle"r6:SaidneckdnitiaIly being-inserted -from the'b'ottor'n of theca'rrierupwardly through the widerslot-"porti'on'andtheninOved inwardly ra di- 5ally' into the narrowerslot'portion. Positioning of the-bottle neck -inthe narrower -slot portion Hid carries the margins-of saidn'arr'owerslot por- Ttion beneath- "-'the-bead ll of "the bottle neck to therebyprevent-withdrawal -of the bottle from 10 "the k'ey-hole shaped slot.

It should be observed at this time that the key hole slots +5 are soarrangedand spaced r'elative to the other 'that when a pluralityofbottles are-"suspended therethrough, the lower portions ference, aremaintained in outwardly inclined positions substantially parallel to theplane of the 'incline'd bottom wall #12 so as to prevent s'aid b'ottlesfrom contacting one: another.

--Inadvertant displacement of bottleoutward- 51y ra'dially alongitsirela'ted slot 1| 5 is prevented by' means Iinteg rally attached tothe bossiM. Such=-'means 'is best shown in Fig. 21 Landwit consists of aslightly dishedpiece of circul'ar-stock MB rivete'dyas at '19, orotherwise secured at its icenter 'to. thecboss I 4. The circular ipieceIB is vote Idiame'terato disposeits peripheral-wmarg-in outwardly of theiperipher'al edge of each ofwthe .bottles l 6nwhen they. aresuspendedthroughzlthe --narrower-;slot'portion l-5a, and saidi circularmember isiadapted toibear resiliently against the-bot- 5131871130135 tothereby prevent their rocking im-their .asuspensionl mounting. A Adownwardly -.str uckcircular bead 2| is formed on the peripheral marginof the circular piece, which bead overlaps the margins of the bottletops underlying the same. Accordingly, each bottle is resilientlyretained in place in the carrier and may be shifted outwardly radiallyinto Wider slot portions l5b upon overcoming the frictional resistanceafforded by the overlapping bead 2|.

A carrying handle 22 may be fixedly attached as by means of rivets 23 tothe upper edge of the circular wall I l to afford means for handling thebottle carrier.

It should be quite evident at this time that the circular wall area llafiords means to receive suitable advertising media which may beimprinted thereon or embossed therein and that, while a preferred formof construction has been illustrated in detail in the accompanyingdrawings and fully described in the foregoing specification, theinvention is capable of embodying a variety of modifications withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appendedclaims.

asiaoo portions and be carried downwardly into the nali 2 i' rower slotportions so as to be suspended below the bottom wall, and means spacedabove and overlying at least a portion of each of said key-hole? shapedslots to retard movement of said bottles toward the wider slot portionsand to hold'sai'd' bottles in inclined positions.

axial boss extending upwardly therefrom and to which the circular memberis secured.

4. A bottle carrying device comprising a dished member having a seriesof annularly-spaced hot the neck-receiving slots for supporting bottlesby their necks, and resilient means spaced above said member andoverlying at least a portion of each of said slots for holding saidbottles against inadvertent outward radial displacement.

5'. A bottle carrying device comprising a dished member having a seriesof annularly-spaced bottle neck-receiving slots for supporting bottlesby their necks, and a resilient circular member concentricwith saidseries of slots but spaced above 2 said member and overlying at least aportion of each Of said slots for holding said bottles againstinadvertent outward radial displacement.

2. A bottle carrying device comprising a shal low container having itsbottomrwall radially infclineddownwardly inwardly to locate its medial.area below the plane of its margin, said bottom wall havingcircumferentially spaced key-hole shaped slots surrounding its medialarea arranged so that the narrower portions of said slots are below theplane of the wider portions of said slots whereby a plurality of bottlesmay be inserted at their neck portions into the wider slot portions andbe carried downwardly into the narrower slot portions so as to besuspended below the bottom wall, and a resilient circular member spacedabove the bottom wall and adapted to overlie at least a part of thenarrower slot portion to prevent movement upwardly of bottles suspendeda:

through said slots.

3. A bottle carrying device comprising a shallow container having itsbottom wall radially inclined downwardly inwardly to locate its medialarea below the plane of its margin, said bottom wall havingcircumferentially spaced key-hole shaped slots surrounding its medialarea arranged 'so that the narrower portions of said slots are below theplane of the wider portions of said slots whereby a plurality of bottlesmay be inserted at least a part of the narrower slot portion to pre- 50ventmovement upwardlyof bottles suspended through said slots, saidbottom wall-having an 6. A bottle carrying device comprising a memberhaving a series of annularly-spaced bottle neck-receiving slots arrangedfor supporting bottles by their'necks'a'nd resilient means spaced abovesaid member and overlying at least a portion of each'of said slots forholding said bottles against inadvertent outward radial displacement andin inclined suspended positions. 1 r

7. A bottlecarrying device comprising a member having a plurality ofspaced bottle neck-receiving slots arranged for supporting bottles bytheir necks, and resilient means spaced above said member and overlyingat least a portion of each of said slots for holding said bottlesagainst displacement and in inclined suspended positions."

' 8; A dished member having a centrally disposed boss in the concavesurface thereof, and a series of annularly-spaced bottle neck-receivingslots for supporting bottles by their necks, and a resilient circularmember supported on said boss and overlying at least a portionof each ofsaid slots for holding said bottles against displacement and in inclinedsuspended positions.

MORTON E. HARRIS.

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